I made a 30 frame animation of a helicopter rotor in Poser and I made it loop. I then imported the helicopter into Vue (30 frames). I then animated the Hellicopter over a terrain (60 frames long) My problem is this: The helicopter rotor stops rotating at frame 30 even though I made it loop in Poser. Shouldn't the rotor rotate continuously in Vue since it was made to loop in Poser? I tried dragging the propeller frames in Vue from 30 to 60 frames, but then they slowed down because the rotation is being spread out over a longer period of time. Has anyone successfully animated a helicopter in Vue who could offer some advice?

Try using the Animation Toolbox (Animation menu)-- select your helicopter, go into the toolbox, and select the loop option of the repeat mode. Or, I believe you can just copy and paste the first 30 frames into the next 30 frames. Dragging the timeline out will only change the time over which your rotation/translation occurs, so it will slow down or speed up your animation but not add keyframes.

I have not animated a helicopter yet but maybe an idea. #1 lops are something internal in Poser and are obviously not brought over to Vue - maybe you signal that to e-on so that they can look into that.

#2 you stretch your one rotation to the full anymation time and then apply a time filter to the animation. There are repetition filters for what you ask for already from e-on that give you an idea how to do what you need. Saw tooth is the key word here.

Could it also be that Poser anims start at frame1, and Vue's at frame zero?

Thanks Everyone. I will keep you informed of my progress.

I do this all the time (animate in Poser and loop in Vue). Fivecat was correct. Just select your helicopter and go to Animation > Animation Toolbox and under Repeat Mode change it from Animate once to Loop animation. The helicoper blades will then continue to loop.

~jr

JohnnyRoy Thanks JohnnyRoy, I will give that a try.